Sam Bankman-Fried, briefly a billionaire when he operated his cryptocurrency exchange FTX, was today sentenced to 25 years imprisonment for defrauding his investors. He must also pay up $11.2bn, not… Read the rest of the article: Sam Bankman-Fried imprisoned for 25 years and ordered to pay $11.2bn
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Trump bible's FAQ warns readers of its unsavory content (video) Bible salesman Donald Trump kindly included a warning about the stimulating book he's peddling: wear gloves before opening. Okay, well, he didn't actually mention the gloves, but Trump's online bible… Read the rest of the article: Trump bible's FAQ warns readers of its unsavory content (video)
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Unlock a World of Knowledge in 15-Minute Book Summaries with Headway Premium TL;DR: If you need to catch up fast before book club starts their new season, this Headway Premium subscription offers the gift of learning in 15-minute book summaries, on sale for $59.99.… Read the rest of the article: Unlock a World of Knowledge in 15-Minute Book Summaries with Headway Premium
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Ancient humans were dino fans Thousands of years before the Jurassic Park movies inspired a legion of creative fans, early humans were paying homage to dinosaurs. According to Gizmodo, a team of researchers have identified… Read the rest of the article: Ancient humans were dino fans
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Plans to make cutting-edge cancer drugs in space Space tourism has an audience limited by income, but there's a new proposal in the works that could help countless earthbound humans. Wired's Grace Browne reports that a company called… Read the rest of the article: Plans to make cutting-edge cancer drugs in space
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Sperm whales unleash poop tornado to fend off orcas Sperm whales are the seventh largest animals in the world and are considered apex predators. The greatest dangers to these toothed whales are usually man-made, such as fishing nets, boat… Read the rest of the article: Sperm whales unleash poop tornado to fend off orcas
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An afterlife for beloved DC cherry tree Stumpy This spring, Washington, D.C. residents turned out in droves to say sayonara to Stumpy, a gnarled and dying Japanese cherry tree. Even though Stumpy looks more like driftwood than a… Read the rest of the article: An afterlife for beloved DC cherry tree Stumpy
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Japanese scientists investigate the mysteries of Stone Age tools Sure, science is math and equations and formulas. But it can also be pounding wood with Stone Age axes. Japanese scientists built their own ground stone tools in an effort… Read the rest of the article: Japanese scientists investigate the mysteries of Stone Age tools
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Rock climbers rebel against restrictions on trans athletes Transgender people face a mountain of prejudice in many fields, but there's finally some good news in the world of competitive sports. Cosmopolitan reports that when the governing body of… Read the rest of the article: Rock climbers rebel against restrictions on trans athletes
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There are no guardrails: Trump's second term will lead to a dictatorship This maddening "think piece" on Politico was published a couple of months ago but I wanted to revisit because the urgency to refute it is even more obvious. Here's the… Read the rest of the article: There are no guardrails: Trump's second term will lead to a dictatorship
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Would you like a miniature pineapple? Pineapples are muscling in on the banana's single-serving appeal. The Takeout reports that Del Monte has developed the Precious Honeyglow Pineapple, an adorable little globe, sized for one. Weighing between… Read the rest of the article: Would you like a miniature pineapple?
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There may come a day when I don't find husky tantrums hilarious, but it is not this day. I love all dogs, but I admit to having some favorites, especially the ones on the internet that I don't actually know but love anyway. I love internet huskies. Huskies… Read the rest of the article: There may come a day when I don't find husky tantrums hilarious, but it is not this day.
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The great New York bus tour battle New York has plenty of intracity rivalries — Yankees versus Mets, Ray's Pizza versus all the other Ray's Pizzas, and now tour buses are getting in on the action. According… Read the rest of the article: The great New York bus tour battle
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Seven-minute Beyond the Spider-Verse short film released Beyond the Spider-Verse, the movie that will supposedly conclude the excellent Spider-Verse trilogy (at least until Sony finds an excuse to unearth it), isn't releasing in the foreseeable future. Until… Read the rest of the article: Seven-minute Beyond the Spider-Verse short film released
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Ambient music played by the weather If you're turning around restlessly in your bedchamber at some ungodly hour, hoping for some small miracle to put you to sleep, you can thank the gods of experimental electronic… Read the rest of the article: Ambient music played by the weather
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Shopper and much of shop falls into floor below after worker removes load-bearing wall In this alarming footage, an unsuspecting shopper in Zhenjian, China, falls—along with a significant portion of the shop around her—into the floor below. The cause was reportedly a worker removing… Read the rest of the article: Shopper and much of shop falls into floor below after worker removes load-bearing wall
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Save $289 on this Japanese master chef's 8-piece knife set that puts all other knives to shame TL;DR: Level up your food prep and cooking game with the exceptional Seido Japanese Master Chef's 8-Piece Knife Set with Gift Box for only $139.99 (Reg. $429), saving $289. Tired of slicing… Read the rest of the article: Save $289 on this Japanese master chef's 8-piece knife set that puts all other knives to shame
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Lego prices per part over the years The magical Brick Insights has a page/project charting the price of Lego parts. A couple of weeks ago I received this question by Jared Hinton:"Just a quick question on the… Read the rest of the article: Lego prices per part over the years
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Runaway ostrich excitedly runs down busy streets as police chase him for an hour (video) Police went on a wild goose, er, ostrich chase after the bird escaped from a local zoo in South Korea. The feathered runaway looked pretty excited as he dodged authorities… Read the rest of the article: Runaway ostrich excitedly runs down busy streets as police chase him for an hour (video)
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Twitter's ░P░U░S░S░Y░I░N░B░I░O░ spambots are out of control At NYMag, John Hermann takes a deep dive into the moist world of ░P░U░S░S░Y░I░N░B░I░O░ spambots on Twitter, which the company has not and for comical reasons will not deal with.… Read the rest of the article: Twitter's ░P░U░S░S░Y░I░N░B░I░O░ spambots are out of control